Character or Comfort?

Eph. 4:14(NIV) “Then we will no longer be infants, tossed
back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind
of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men in their deceitful
scheming.”

God wants us to grow up to be mature like Jesus Christ!

How do we do this?
BIBLE STUDIES, GODLY PEOPLE, AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

Rom. 12:2(NIV) “Do not conform any longer to the pattern
of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of our mind. Then
you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is---his
good, pleasing and perfect will.”

God uses the good, the bad, & the ugly to build our character.

Rom. 5:3(NIV) “…rejoice in our sufferings, because
we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character;
and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God
has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom
he has given us.”

Don’t ask why me, but rather why not me,
so I may be like Jesus Christ!

Our goal in life is to be is CHARACTER, like a muscle developed
in our troubles!

God is far more interested in who you are,
than in what you are doing!

God uses TEMPTATION to teach us to OBEY, and to GROW us.
CHARACTER builds good CHOICES in our lives.

Matt.4:1(NIV) “Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the
desert to be tempted by the devil.”

We will never out grow temptation,
But God will turn it around for our good!